1. A case of intramuscular myxoma presenting as a swollen shoulder: a case report
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Korhan Ozkan, Serkan Senol, Bahattin Kemah, Bahar Ceyran, Serhat Mutlu, and Mehmet Salih Söylemez
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Adult ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Shoulder ,Case Report ,Nodular fasciitis ,Benign tumor ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Intramuscular myxoma ,Deltoid muscle ,medicine ,Humans ,Medicine(all) ,Muscle Neoplasms ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Myxoma ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,Intramuscular Myxoma ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,Differential diagnosis ,business ,Subcutaneous tissue - Abstract
Introduction Intramuscular myxoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor. Myxomas most commonly occur in the heart. They may occur less frequently in aponeurotic tissues, bone, genitourinary tract, subcutaneous tissue and skin. Case presentation The case described here is a 44-year-old Turkish woman who presented with the complaint of a swelling in her right shoulder. A preoperative magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lobular contoured mass lesion in her deltoid muscle. The mass was marginally excised and pathology revealed intramuscular myxoma. Conclusion Intramuscular myxoma of the deltoid muscle is a very rare benign tumor. In the differential diagnosis, reactive lesions, myxoid nodular fasciitis and low -grade myxoid sarcomas should be kept in mind, upon which the treatment should be planned.
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- 2014